Robe-rail.



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

PHILIP GORDON BROWN, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

ROBE-RAIL.

Specification of Letters i'atent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915,

Application filed December 11, 1914. Serial No. 876,726.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP GORDON BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Robe-Rail, of which the following is a specilhation.

The present invention appertains to robe rails or racks for motor vehicles, and aims to provide an automobile accessory of that character, provided With novel means for holding or clamping a robe, garment, or other object, which is placed over the rail or rack, whereby the robe or other article may be held in a secure manner to prevent the theft thereof.

Another object of this invention, is to provide a device of the character indicated, embodying an end bracket or fixture for the rod or rail proper, and provided with. key controlled means for clamping or gripping the robe, garment or other article thrown over or placed upon the rod or rail.

' Another object of the invention, is the provision of a robe rail or rack, resembling in eneral outline, an ordinary robe rail or rac and including end brackets or fixtures which are attachable to the body of the automobile, one or both of the end ckots embodying novel means for securing the robe, garment, or the like.

It is also Within the scope of the invention to provide a robe rail 'or rack of the nature indicated, which is comparatively simple, inexpensive, compact and non-encumbering in construction, which is fool-proof, which may be readily applied to an automobile body in the manner of an ordinary robe rail or rack, and which will be convenient, cilicient and thoroughly practical in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of What is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a plan view of the improved robe rail or rack, parts being broken away,

and parts being shown in section. Figs. :2 and 3 are sectional views taken on the lines 2-2 and, 3-3, respectively, of Fig. 1. Fig.

4 is an elevation of the key for operating the erably in the form of castings. Each of the brackets l, as illustrated, embodies a keycontrolleol lock and clamp for gripping the robe, although it is to be understood, at the outset, that the brackets 1 are duplicated in the present showing, and if desired, only one of the brackets need embody the lock and clamp, While the other bracket is used-solely for supporting or carrying the adjacent end of the rod 2. It is therefore evident that one or two of the brackets embodying the lock and clamp may be employed in the rail or rack, according to the whim of the user or purchaser.

The bracket 1, which is in the form of an elbow, has one arm, designated 4, provided with. a longitudinally open ended bore or socket receiving one end of the rod or rail proper 2 to support and carry the same. Thus, the ends of the rod 2 being engaged into the arms 4 of the brackets 1, enable the rod 2 to be properly carried by the brackets, so that the rod and brackets provide the rack or rail for receiving and holding the robe, or other article. The other arm of the bracket 1 is tubular, and is adapted to be attached through the medium of the device 3, to the body of the automobile, or to any other suitable support. The den ice 3 embodies a cap 7 threaded or otherwise secured over the end of the arm 6, and provided with an ear 8 projecting therefrom and pivoted between a pair of outstanding ears 9 carried by a base platelfl which is adapted to be secured by screws or other securing means to the automobile body or other support. The ear 8 is preferably pivoted between the ears 9, by means of a pivot screw or element ll engaged through the ears. Thus, when the plates 10 are attached to the automobile body or other support, the rack may be swun perpendicularly or singularly relativeto the means for forcibly adjustin and locking the movable memb with sai jaws in robeengaging relation.

2. A robe rail bracket having an L-shaped member, one arm of which is adapted for attachment to a vehicle body and the other arm of which constitutes a stationary clamp jaw and is constructed to engage and support one end of a robe rail, a movable clampside of and coextensive with the stationary clamp jaw, and means for forcibly adjusting and holding the movable jaw in clamping relation with the stationary jaw.

3. A robe rail comprising an angular end bracket, a rod having one end engaged to one arm of the bracket, the said arm of the bracket forming a jaw, the other arm of the bracket having a bore extending thereavv mounted to cooperate with the innerthrough, means for attaching the bracket to a support including a cap enga d over and housing the end of the secon mentioned arm of the bracket, a screw mounted within the said bore and swivelly secured to the bracket within said cap and having key engaging means within the bore at that end remote from the said cap, and a movable jaw cooperating with the aforesaid jaw and having a nut movable within the said bore and threaded upon the screw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP GORDON BROWN. 

